The following are ideas I've gathered/created for using mentor texts to promote fun and exciting student writing. This wiki holds directions to help me remember the steps I've taken in teaching the lessons and allows me to access these ideas from any computer (I love wikis for this reason!).
Books I have used for the ideas include:
Mentor Texts by Lynne R. Dorfman (MT) Non Fiction Mentor Texts by Lynne R. Dorfman (NFMT) Teaching the Elements of Powerful Writing Using Great Fiction and Nonfiction Models by Jane Sullivan and Midge Madden.
Mentor Texts used: African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways by Avis Harley (PCL) Almost Gone… by Steve Jenkins (591.68 JEN) Animal Acrostics by David Hummon (can’t find)
Bat Loves the Night – Davies (E DAV)
Grace for President - Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose
Writing Ideas Using Mentor Texts
The following are ideas I've gathered/created for using mentor texts to promote fun and exciting student writing. This wiki holds directions to help me remember the steps I've taken in teaching the lessons and allows me to access these ideas from any computer (I love wikis for this reason!).
Books I have used for the ideas include:
Mentor Texts by Lynne R. Dorfman (MT)
Non Fiction Mentor Texts by Lynne R. Dorfman (NFMT)
Teaching the Elements of Powerful Writing Using Great Fiction and Nonfiction Models by Jane Sullivan and Midge Madden.
Mentor Texts used:
African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways by Avis Harley (PCL)
Almost Gone… by Steve Jenkins (591.68 JEN)
Animal Acrostics by David Hummon (can’t find)
Bat Loves the Night – Davies (E DAV)
Grace for President -
Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose
I Can Read About Creatures of the Night
Imagine a Day by Sarah Thomson (PCL)
Lightning by Stephen Kramer (551.5 KRA)
Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur